Montag, 5. Mai 2008

THE 4th of JULY with FOUR BROTHERS and a SWINGIN' SISTER

Dear American friends,

Have a swingin' 4th of July!

All best to you from your friend,

Brew


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This is not an article, just a little link-collection. (Blog owner's note: For following the chord progression while listening, I would recommend to open at least one 2nd window.)

The biography of the composer, Jimmy Giuffre, is HERE.

A short description of Four Brothers can be found HERE, a midi-file and the chord progression you'll find HERE and HERE.

HERE you can discover a lot of CD's with Jimmy Giuffre.

A huge list with more artists who performed that influential tune can be browsed HERE.

An interesting article on Mr. Giuffre can be read HERE.

A humble entry with the mentioning of yours truly can be studied HERE (You just have to scroll down a little).

Wanna listen to 10 (Updated on September 23, 2010) - yep, ten! - versions in a row, now? -- Let's start with Miles Davis who'd told Rudy Van Gelder in the studio once:

"I'll play it, and tell you what it is later." ... Ding, dong, dang, dung, dung, dang, ding, dong ... etc. ...

Here we go: